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NEWS
2005 - so far this year
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5-room house purchased.
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1,000 watt generator purchased and all huts,
plus the house, now have lighting.
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House-father employed to supervise the boys
and assist House-mother and tend cows.
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Tools purchased for children to tend land.
Tractor hired to prepare ground for planting.
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2 acres of land hired for three years to
grow food and feed for children and cows.
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Arranged with local vet to visit animals
twice a month on a regular basis to sort out and adjust
the feed for cows.
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Purchased and erected fencing for vegetable
field, as roaming cattle and sheep ate the crops from last
year.
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Building started for zero grazing unit due
to lack of grazing fields locally. Now completed and stocked.
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Built a chicken coop for nesting and also
free range.
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Purchased another ten chickens and another
cow.
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Visited local government office to discuss
new side road to village, plus culvert.
2004
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12 children moved on site.
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Land transferred into Childrens' village
name, so no-one can take it away from them.
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Mains water connected and kitchen built
and House-mother employed to oversee.
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5-room building on land, part purchased
for dining room, store and study area.
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New showers and toilets installed.
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Children found places at local schools and
uniforms purchased as children only had clothes they stood
in.
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Purchased 12 chickens and 3 cows.
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Milking unit built.
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Maize planted with vegetables and grasses
for the children's needs, as well as the animals.
2003
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£500.00 was raised which helped to
build a brick storehouse. This was essential to store the
food for the children.
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The village was also able to provide a mug
of porridge at midday for the children, this often is their
main meal of the day.
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Also supplied each child with a uniform
and a pair of shoes so they all felt apart of the school.
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£600.00 was also raised to equip two
huts with beds, blankets, pillows, pots and pans with a
further £200.00 raised to provide medical care.
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